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McCLOSKEY, Francis Xavier, a Representative from Indiana; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 12,
1939; graduated, Bishop Kendrick High School, Norristown, Pa., 1957; A.B.,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 1968; J.D., Indiana University School of
Law, 1971; United States Air Force, 1957-1961; newspaper reporter; lawyer,
private practice; mayor of Bloomington, Ind., 1972-1982; elected as a Democrat
to the Ninety-eighth Congress (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1985); reelected to
the Ninety-ninth Congress pursuant to H. Res. 146, taking his seat on May 1,
1985, and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (May 1, 1985-January 3,
1995); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress
in 1994; died on November 2, 2003, in Bloomington, Ind.; interment in Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.